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The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; the Art of Controversy

Enriched edition. Mastering the Art of Debate: Strategies for Intellectual Discourse and Persuasion

par Arthur Schopenhauer, Fiona Merriweather ...

Traduit par T. Bailey Saunders ...

In "The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: The Art of Controversy," Schopenhauer presents a rigorous exploration of argumentative discourse, emphasizing the nuances of rhetoric and the psychological underpinnings of debate. This collection showcases his remarkable ability to dissect human reasoning, employing a distinctive style that merges wit with incisive critique. Schopenhauer's essays are not ... En savoir plus

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In "The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: The Art of Controversy," Schopenhauer presents a rigorous exploration of argumentative discourse, emphasizing the nuances of rhetoric and the psychological underpinnings of debate. This collection showcases his remarkable ability to dissect human reasoning, employing a distinctive style that merges wit with incisive critique. Schopenhauer's essays are not
... En savoir plus
The Symposium (Illustrated Edition)

par Plato ...

To say Socrates was an influence on Plato would be a vast understatement; historians today still struggle to distinguish Socrates philosophical beliefs from Platos, because much of Platos writings consisted of Socratic dialogues, in which the main character, Socrates, discusses the topic of the writing with his followers. Yet for all of the influence of Socrates life on Plato, it was Socrates ... En savoir plus

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To say Socrates was an influence on Plato would be a vast understatement; historians today still struggle to distinguish Socrates philosophical beliefs from Platos, because much of Platos writings consisted of Socratic dialogues, in which the main character, Socrates, discusses the topic of the writing with his followers. Yet for all of the influence of Socrates life on Plato, it was Socrates
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Hermeneutics

A Very Short Introduction

par Jens Zimmermann ...

Collections series Very Short Introductions
Hermeneutics is the branch of knowledge that deals with interpretation, a behaviour that is intrinsic to our daily lives. As humans, we decipher the meaning of newspaper articles, books, legal matters, religious texts, political speeches, emails, and even dinner conversations every day . But how is knowledge mediated through these forms? What constitutes the process of interpretation? And how do ... En savoir plus

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Hermeneutics is the branch of knowledge that deals with interpretation, a behaviour that is intrinsic to our daily lives. As humans, we decipher the meaning of newspaper articles, books, legal matters, religious texts, political speeches, emails, and even dinner conversations every day . But how is knowledge mediated through these forms? What constitutes the process of interpretation? And how do
... En savoir plus
The Art of Logic in an Illogical World

par Eugenia Cheng ...

**How both logical and emotional reasoning can help us live better in our post-truth world “Advanced mathematics could make a meaningful contribution to creating a better society. . . this book is proof it can.” —*Guardian ***In a world where fake news stories change election outcomes, has rationality become futile? In* The Art of Logic in an Illogical World*, Eugenia Cheng throws a lifeline to ... En savoir plus

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**How both logical and emotional reasoning can help us live better in our post-truth world “Advanced mathematics could make a meaningful contribution to creating a better society. . . this book is proof it can.” —*Guardian ***In a world where fake news stories change election outcomes, has rationality become futile? In* The Art of Logic in an Illogical World*, Eugenia Cheng throws a lifeline to
... En savoir plus
The Socratic Method

A Practitioner's Handbook

par Ward Farnsworth ...

**“Remarkable.”—Wall Street JournalA thinking person’s guide to a better life. Ward Farnsworth explains what the Socratic method is, how it works, and why it matters more than ever in our time. Easy to grasp yet challenging to master, the method will change the way you think about life’s big questions.**About 2,500 years ago, Plato wrote a set of dialogues that depict Socrates in conversation. The ... En savoir plus

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**“Remarkable.”—Wall Street JournalA thinking person’s guide to a better life. Ward Farnsworth explains what the Socratic method is, how it works, and why it matters more than ever in our time. Easy to grasp yet challenging to master, the method will change the way you think about life’s big questions.**About 2,500 years ago, Plato wrote a set of dialogues that depict Socrates in conversation. The
... En savoir plus
Logic

par Wilfrid Hodges ...

If a man supports Arsenal one day and Spurs the next then he is fickle but not necessarily illogical. From this starting point, and assuming no previous knowledge of logic, Wilfrid Hodges takes the reader through the whole gamut of logical expressions in a simple and lively way. Readers who are more mathematically adventurous will find optional sections introducing rather more challenging material ... En savoir plus

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If a man supports Arsenal one day and Spurs the next then he is fickle but not necessarily illogical. From this starting point, and assuming no previous knowledge of logic, Wilfrid Hodges takes the reader through the whole gamut of logical expressions in a simple and lively way. Readers who are more mathematically adventurous will find optional sections introducing rather more challenging material
... En savoir plus
Quantum Entanglement

par Jed Brody ...

Collections series The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
A concise, non-technical exploration of quantum entanglement—the enigma Albert Einstein called ‘spooky action at a distance’—and how it contradicts our assumptions about the ultimate nature of reality.Quantum physics is notable for its brazen defiance of common sense. (Think of Schrödinger's Cat, famously both dead and alive.) An especially rigorous form of quantum contradiction occurs in ... En savoir plus

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A concise, non-technical exploration of quantum entanglement—the enigma Albert Einstein called ‘spooky action at a distance’—and how it contradicts our assumptions about the ultimate nature of reality.Quantum physics is notable for its brazen defiance of common sense. (Think of Schrödinger's Cat, famously both dead and alive.) An especially rigorous form of quantum contradiction occurs in
... En savoir plus
Hypersanity: Thinking Beyond Thinking

Ataraxia, #5

par Neel Burton ...

Collections Livre 5 - Ataraxia
Hone your rational and extra-rational thinking skills to unleash your full human potential.I have found power in the mysteries of thought. —EuripidesI would encourage anyone to read and re-read the book's last seven chapters … Neel Burton has challenged me as a reader but also as an educator, and made me wonder what I have been teaching and why. —Malcolm Nicolson, former head of development for ... En savoir plus

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Hone your rational and extra-rational thinking skills to unleash your full human potential.I have found power in the mysteries of thought. —EuripidesI would encourage anyone to read and re-read the book's last seven chapters … Neel Burton has challenged me as a reader but also as an educator, and made me wonder what I have been teaching and why. —Malcolm Nicolson, former head of development for
... En savoir plus
The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates (Illustrated Edition)

par Xenophon ...

Xenophon of Athens (circa 430 354 B.C.) Greek poet, historian, soldier and philosopher, living at a time of momentous events in Ancient Greek history, writing about the philosophy of Socrates, the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, and the Persian expedition that formed the basis of his most famous work, Anabasis. In addition to his own works, he influenced the account of the ... En savoir plus

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Xenophon of Athens (circa 430 354 B.C.) Greek poet, historian, soldier and philosopher, living at a time of momentous events in Ancient Greek history, writing about the philosophy of Socrates, the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, and the Persian expedition that formed the basis of his most famous work, Anabasis. In addition to his own works, he influenced the account of the
... En savoir plus
The Score

How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game

par C. Thi Nguyen ...

**“Mind-expanding . . . The Score is so exuberant and readable that the depth and seriousness of its insights almost sneak up on you.” —Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times“Brilliant and wildly original . . . The Score is socially attentive, historically literate and imbued with sensual glee.” —Becca Rothfeld, The Washington Post“I give this excellent book five stars.” *—*Stuart Jeffries, Financial ... En savoir plus

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**“Mind-expanding . . . The Score is so exuberant and readable that the depth and seriousness of its insights almost sneak up on you.” —Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times“Brilliant and wildly original . . . The Score is socially attentive, historically literate and imbued with sensual glee.” —Becca Rothfeld, The Washington Post“I give this excellent book five stars.” *—*Stuart Jeffries, Financial
... En savoir plus
The Critical Thinking Toolkit

par Galen A. Foresman, Peter S. Fosl, Jamie C. Watson ...

The Critical Thinking Toolkit is a comprehensive compendium that equips readers with the essential knowledge and methods for clear, analytical, logical thinking and critique in a range of scholarly contexts and everyday situations.Takes an expansive approach to critical thinking by exploring concepts from other disciplines, including evidence and justification from philosophy, cognitive biases and ... En savoir plus

$31.99 CAD

The Critical Thinking Toolkit is a comprehensive compendium that equips readers with the essential knowledge and methods for clear, analytical, logical thinking and critique in a range of scholarly contexts and everyday situations.Takes an expansive approach to critical thinking by exploring concepts from other disciplines, including evidence and justification from philosophy, cognitive biases and
... En savoir plus
How Not to Be Wrong

The Power of Mathematical Thinking

par Jordan Ellenberg ...

**“Witty, compelling, and just plain fun to read . . ." —Evelyn Lamb, Scientific AmericanThe Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our hands**The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us how terribly ... En savoir plus

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**“Witty, compelling, and just plain fun to read . . ." —Evelyn Lamb, Scientific AmericanThe Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our hands**The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us how terribly
... En savoir plus
What's the Time

par Aleksandr Anufriyev ...

This book is for every age, anyone who can read and who is interested in what time is, will be the main audience. It explains why people think time is relative, what is time, and gives the audience examples of different devices to "measure" time.If you want to know how to better explain to your kids, your friends or your students about what Time means, then in this book you will find the answers ... En savoir plus

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This book is for every age, anyone who can read and who is interested in what time is, will be the main audience. It explains why people think time is relative, what is time, and gives the audience examples of different devices to "measure" time.If you want to know how to better explain to your kids, your friends or your students about what Time means, then in this book you will find the answers
... En savoir plus
Proof

The Art and Science of Certainty

par Adam Kucharski ...

**An award-winning mathematician shows how we prove what’s true, and what to do when we can’t“Engaging and uncondescending” – Financial Times**How do we establish what we believe? And how can we be certain that what we believe is true? And how do we convince other people that it is true? For thousands of years, from the ancient Greeks to the Arabic golden age to the modern world, science has used ... En savoir plus

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**An award-winning mathematician shows how we prove what’s true, and what to do when we can’t“Engaging and uncondescending” – Financial Times**How do we establish what we believe? And how can we be certain that what we believe is true? And how do we convince other people that it is true? For thousands of years, from the ancient Greeks to the Arabic golden age to the modern world, science has used
... En savoir plus
One

Being an Investigation into the Unity of Reality and of its Parts, including the Singular Object which is Nothingness

par Graham Priest ...

Graham Priest presents an original exploration of philosophical questions concerning the one and the many. He covers a wide range of issues in metaphysics--including unity, identity, grounding, mereology, universals, being, intentionality, and nothingness--and deploys the techniques of paraconsistent logic in order to offer a radically new treatment of unity. Priest brings together traditions of ... En savoir plus

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Graham Priest presents an original exploration of philosophical questions concerning the one and the many. He covers a wide range of issues in metaphysics--including unity, identity, grounding, mereology, universals, being, intentionality, and nothingness--and deploys the techniques of paraconsistent logic in order to offer a radically new treatment of unity. Priest brings together traditions of
... En savoir plus
A Modern God, or Life After Religion

par Anne Howard ...

An audacious new eBook about the role of God and religion in modern-day life, with tips on how to life a spiritual life on your own terms. ... En savoir plus

$3.59 CAD

An audacious new eBook about the role of God and religion in modern-day life, with tips on how to life a spiritual life on your own terms.
... En savoir plus
Being Logical

A Guide to Good Thinking

par D.Q. McInerny ...

An essential tool for our post-truth world: a witty primer on logic—and the dangers of illogical thinking—by a renowned Notre Dame professorLogic is synonymous with reason, judgment, sense, wisdom, and sanity. Beinglogical is the ability to create concise and reasoned arguments—arguments that build from given premises, using evidence, to a genuine conclusion. But mastering logical thinking also ... En savoir plus

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An essential tool for our post-truth world: a witty primer on logic—and the dangers of illogical thinking—by a renowned Notre Dame professorLogic is synonymous with reason, judgment, sense, wisdom, and sanity. Beinglogical is the ability to create concise and reasoned arguments—arguments that build from given premises, using evidence, to a genuine conclusion. But mastering logical thinking also
... En savoir plus
Logically Fallacious

The Ultimate Collection of Over 300 Logical Fallacies (Academic Edition)

par Bo Bennett, PhD ...

This book is a crash course in effective reasoning, meant to catapult you into a world where you start to see things how they really are, not how you think they are. The focus of this book is on logical fallacies, which loosely defined, are simply errors in reasoning. With the reading of each page, you can make significant improvements in the way you reason and make decisions. Logically Fallacious ... En savoir plus

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This book is a crash course in effective reasoning, meant to catapult you into a world where you start to see things how they really are, not how you think they are. The focus of this book is on logical fallacies, which loosely defined, are simply errors in reasoning. With the reading of each page, you can make significant improvements in the way you reason and make decisions. Logically Fallacious
... En savoir plus
Logic: A Complete Introduction

A step-by-step Teach Yourself guide to use at home, school or college

par Siu-Fan Lee ...

'After a lifetime of dabbling in philosophy without tackling logic, I bought a couple of books on the subject and was soon totally lost. This book saved me.' - Amazon 5 star review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Unlike so many logic books, this one is easy to follow, step by step. Strongly recommended for beginners.' - Amazon 5 star review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐When you see black clouds looming and predict it's going to rain, you're using ... En savoir plus

$14.99 CAD

'After a lifetime of dabbling in philosophy without tackling logic, I bought a couple of books on the subject and was soon totally lost. This book saved me.' - Amazon 5 star review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Unlike so many logic books, this one is easy to follow, step by step. Strongly recommended for beginners.' - Amazon 5 star review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐When you see black clouds looming and predict it's going to rain, you're using
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底層邏輯：看清這個世界的底牌

par 劉潤 ...

你真的相信眼睛所看到的一切嗎？事實是最不容易產生爭議的客觀存在嗎？或許，我們對事實的瞭解，還不夠全面。或許，我們是被表象或經驗欺騙、迷惑，導致看不透事情的本質。唯有透過「底層邏輯+環境變數」，才能讓你在千變萬化的世界中，認清所有真相！當一個人持有的不是觀點而是立場時，你應該做的事情，是對他說「It’s good for you」（這對你有益）。反過來，我們也要時刻反省自己：我說的話、我的表述，是事實，是觀點，是立場，還是信仰？請運用以下幾點：1.拋棄經驗，不要輕易下結論，懷著空杯心態去看問題。2.運用「假設—驗證—結論—調整」，大膽假設，小心求證，得出結論，做出調整。3.不要被利益、立場左右，就事論事。能做到以上三點，再複雜、繁瑣的事，你也能抽絲剝繭、洞察本質。為什麼我們要懂「底層邏輯」？如果你是學生，透過底層邏輯能學會：思考問題的邏輯．... ... En savoir plus

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你真的相信眼睛所看到的一切嗎？事實是最不容易產生爭議的客觀存在嗎？或許，我們對事實的瞭解，還不夠全面。或許，我們是被表象或經驗欺騙、迷惑，導致看不透事情的本質。唯有透過「底層邏輯+環境變數」，才能讓你在千變萬化的世界中，認清所有真相！當一個人持有的不是觀點而是立場時，你應該做的事情，是對他說「It’s good for you」（這對你有益）。反過來，我們也要時刻反省自己：我說的話、我的表述，是事實，是觀點，是立場，還是信仰？請運用以下幾點：1.拋棄經驗，不要輕易下結論，懷著空杯心態去看問題。2.運用「假設—驗證—結論—調整」，大膽假設，小心求證，得出結論，做出調整。3.不要被利益、立場左右，就事論事。能做到以上三點，再複雜、繁瑣的事，你也能抽絲剝繭、洞察本質。為什麼我們要懂「底層邏輯」？如果你是學生，透過底層邏輯能學會：思考問題的邏輯．...
... En savoir plus
Logic

A Very Short Introduction

par Graham Priest ...

Collections series Very Short Introductions
Logic is often perceived as having little to do with the rest of philosophy, and even less to do with real life. In this lively and accessible introduction, Graham Priest shows how wrong this conception is. He explores the philosophical roots of the subject, explaining how modern formal logic deals with issues ranging from the existence of God and the reality of time to paradoxes of probability ... En savoir plus

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Logic is often perceived as having little to do with the rest of philosophy, and even less to do with real life. In this lively and accessible introduction, Graham Priest shows how wrong this conception is. He explores the philosophical roots of the subject, explaining how modern formal logic deals with issues ranging from the existence of God and the reality of time to paradoxes of probability
... En savoir plus
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (with linked TOC)

par Ludwig Wittgenstein ...

"Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus may be the most important book of philosophy written during the twentieth century. Wittgenstein's writing style is clear, succinct, and accessible. Bertrand Russell claimed that "I cannot see any point on which it is wrong. But to have constructed a theory of logic which is not at any point obviously wrong is to have achieved a work of extraordinary difficulty and ... En savoir plus

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"Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus may be the most important book of philosophy written during the twentieth century. Wittgenstein's writing style is clear, succinct, and accessible. Bertrand Russell claimed that "I cannot see any point on which it is wrong. But to have constructed a theory of logic which is not at any point obviously wrong is to have achieved a work of extraordinary difficulty and
... En savoir plus
L'Art d'avoir toujours raison (L'édition intégrale)

La dialectique éristique - L'art de la controverse qui repose sur la distinction entre la vérité objective d'une proposition et l'apparence de vérité

par Arthur Schopenhauer ...

Ce livre numérique présente "L'Art d'avoir toujours raison (L'édition intégrale)" avec une table des matières dynamique et détaillée. Notre édition a été spécialement conçue pour votre tablette/liseuse et le texte a été relu et corrigé soigneusement. L'Art d'avoir toujours raison est une œuvre du philosophe Arthur Schopenhauer. De façon à la fois sarcastique et pragmatique, Schopenhauer y expose ... En savoir plus

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Ce livre numérique présente "L'Art d'avoir toujours raison (L'édition intégrale)" avec une table des matières dynamique et détaillée. Notre édition a été spécialement conçue pour votre tablette/liseuse et le texte a été relu et corrigé soigneusement. L'Art d'avoir toujours raison est une œuvre du philosophe Arthur Schopenhauer. De façon à la fois sarcastique et pragmatique, Schopenhauer y expose
... En savoir plus
Labyrinths of Reason

Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge

Modifié par William Poundstone ...

This sharply intelligent, consistently provocative book takes the reader on an astonishing, thought-provoking voyage into the realm of delightful uncertainty--a world of paradox in which logical argument leads to contradiction and common sense is seemingly rendered irrelevant. ... En savoir plus

$13.99 CAD

This sharply intelligent, consistently provocative book takes the reader on an astonishing, thought-provoking voyage into the realm of delightful uncertainty--a world of paradox in which logical argument leads to contradiction and common sense is seemingly rendered irrelevant.
... En savoir plus

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